Planter.



No. 872,461. APATENTED DEC. 3, 1907. l

l Y I. D; SCHOFIELD & G.'T. RAY.

PLAN TER.v APPLIoATIoN FILED MA. 8. 1907.

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To all whom it may concem: y

` thatv lwe, JAMES DRUMMOND SGHOFIELD and CHARLES T. RAY,'citizens bfthe United States of America, residing at" UNITED srAriis PATE-Nronirica.

JAMEs DRUMMOND scHoFIELD'ANn'cHARLEs fix-RAY, 0F DALLAS, TEXAS,AssieNo'Rs re,

THE TEXAS IMPLEMENT AND MACHINE COMPANY,*A CORPORATION.

PLANTEB.

Be it known is particularly applicable to the class of single l rowriding planters or riding middle bursters, which are provided with meansforbursting out old cotton stalks andrebedding. In the operation ofriding planters of .this character considerable difficulty isexperienced in keeping the bursters or sweeps on the ridge when they arecutting the cotton stalks, and in order to overcome machine toshift-laterally during this cutting o eration various devices have beenprovided, such as rigid colters and kniferudders, cross-head clevisadjustments, etc.,

be fully described in .but so far as we are aware none of `these deviceshave been found sufliciently eective or entirely-satisfactory when theplanter is cutting through heavy stalks. l

therefore contemplates the which can be deflected |orshifted laterallyso as to quickly checkany tendency of the burster or .sweep to m'ove olfthe ridge.

This is accomplished, as will be hereinafterl seen, by swiveling thecolter in a supporting frame or bracket and providing means forvoperating the swivel-connection; all as will the followingspecification.

In the accompanying drawings which form a art hereoft-Figure 1 is alongitudinal si e elevation showing the application. of our invention tothat style of riding planter which forms the sub'ect-matter of the priorpatent granted to D. Schofield Decemer 20th, 1904,- NQ. enlarged detailperspective' view of our improved steering device. Fig. 3- is a de-Specioation of Letters latent. Appiimioii tied. mmh 8, 1907. serial No.361,371.

the tendency- `of the 1 777,754. .'Fig. 2 is anrammed net. e, 1907..

tail showing ja modification hereinafter referred to.-.g

`e numerals.of'reference'indicatefllike partsin all thefigures kof thedrawings.

In ca a supporting frame or rrying out ourfinvention-we provide bracket1, which mayV be of any approved form of construction,

but in the present instance, and as shown, comprises an attaching plate2 and integral bearing arms .3 3, the atter being spaced apart andprovided with vertical openings .which are adapted to receive and formthe bearings for a" `vertical shaft or standard,

, The vertical'shaft or'standard 4 carries at its lower end a revolvingcolter 5, and at its upper-*end is provided with a cross-bar 6, which isshaped at its ends to formstirrups 7, said cross-bar constituting themeans by which the shaft or standard is turned in its bearings. Thecross-bar is preferably connecteddetachably to the shaft or standard,

and for this purpose is provided centrally vwitha sleevel 8 to receive`the shaft' or standard, and ,with a binding-screw 9v which is threadedthrough the sleeve and impinges against said shaft or standard.Interposed between the ipper bearing 3 of the supporting bracket an 'acollar .10 ad'- 'ustably mounted on the shaft or .standard elow. saidbearing lis a compression spring 11, which is adapted to exert ayielding pressure on the standard and therefore permit the colter toride over a stone or yother obstiiuction and prevent any injury to saidcoter.H ..1

` Instead of ein" loyinra colter, as shown in the awings, we may, in

what. is commonly known the deviceto this style lof `rud- .In thisinstance the shaft or 'standard 12 .is

, adapted to fitthe-bearings 3 of the supportracket 1, so that theknife-rudder and .itsstandardjinay vbe used in connection with suchbracket.

' In Fi 1 of the app cation of our invention, and in that instance thesupporting bracket 1 which car- `the ydrawings we have shown ries thesteering blade or colter is attached to the standard of the forward ormain shovel of the planter and so that the colter or blade will followand operate in the rear of' the same. It is obvious, however, that thedevice may be attached to any other part of the planter, but when it isadapted to be operated by the feet of the driver it should belocatedWith respect tothe seat that the feet of the driver may convenientlyrest within the stirrups.

Thedevice o erates similar to the ordinary rigid colter or knife-rudder,with the exception that by means of the swivel connection the colter orknife-rudder in the resent instance may b e shifted or deiiecte afterthe manner of a ships rudder and thereby quickly bring the burster orshovel or cutter back to the ridge so as to keep it in a straight-linetherewith.

As herein shown and described. the shifting of the clter'orknife-rudderis'effected by pressure of the drivers feet upon the ends of thecross-bar, but'it is apparentthat other means for operating the swiveledstandard may be provided, such for instance as `the ordinary hand-leverand suitable connections.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-- ters-Patent, is :fv y 1. In a riding planter, thecombination with a sup ort, of a vertical standard vertically mo'vableand rotatable in the support, a rudder-'blade at the lower' 'end of thstandard, stops 4for limiting thevertical movement 'a steering devicetherefor comprlslng a supporting bracket, a standard rotatable there-1n, a rudder-blade atl the lower end of said standard, an adjustablecollaron: the standard, a compression spring. interposed between the colar and turning the standard.

4. -The combination, in a riding planter, of a steering device thereforcomprising a supporting bracket, a standard rotatable there- 1n, arudder-blade at the' lower end of said' standard, a collar adjustable onthe standard, a compression spring interposed between the co lar andbracket, and a cross-bar secured to the upper end of the standard andprovided with stirrups at its ends, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

In testimony'whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES DRUMMOND scnormtn. cHAspr. RAY.

Witnesses:

A. M. MALONE, JOHN A. POPE.

Iyieldingly supc means for turning the f brfackcn'and means for ocomprising a rotata-

